NCT06328361Recruiting
Nordic ORgan Preservation Pilot Approach Nonrandomised Single-Arm Trial for Non-Operative Management of Rectal Cancer
Nordic ORgan Preservation Pilot Approach - A Nonrandomised Single-Arm Trial for Non-Operative Management of Rectal Cancer (NORPPA-1)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this one-arm clinical trial is to implement and study the oncological outcomes of nonoperative management of rectal cancer having complete clinical response to neoadjuvant therapy. The main questions to answer are * if the oncological results of nonoperative management after Nordic practice in chemoradiotherapy indications differ from experiences elsewhere * what is the organ preservation rate * what is the local regrowth rate
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 16 May 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
- Diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06328361
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 200
- From 16 May 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2028
- 13 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- No neoadjuvant therapy
Other illness
- Evidence of metastatic disease (fulfilling M-class criteria of TNM)
Other
- Inability to understand the information related to harms and benefits
Who the study is looking for
- Histopathological verification of primary rectal adenocarcinoma
- Complete clinical response at response assessment after neoadjuvant therapy
- Informed consent to organ preservation study
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (13)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tallinn Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tallinn | Estonia | Recruiting |
| West Tallinn Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tallinn | Estonia | Recruiting |
| North Estonia Medical Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tallinn | Estonia | Recruiting |
| Tartu University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tartu | Estonia | Recruiting |
| Helsinki University Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsinki | Finland | Recruiting |
| Jyväskylä Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jyväskylä | Finland | Recruiting |
| Kuopio University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kuopio | Finland | Recruiting |
| Oulu University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oulu | Finland | Recruiting |
| Satakunta Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pori | Finland | Recruiting |
| Seinäjoki Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seinäjoki | Finland | Recruiting |
| Tampere University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampere | Finland | Recruiting |
| Turku University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turku | Finland | Recruiting |
| Vaasa Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vaasa | Finland | Recruiting |
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